Sighing language

Author: Lü Kun
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Publish Date: 2010-03-01
Features: The Lamenting Words, a representative work of the famous Ming Dynasty thinker Lü Kun, is a collection of aphoristic essays. Rooted in Confucianism, it actively engages with the world, addressing governance, self-cultivation, and how to handle various situations. Concise yet profound, it offers penetrating insights that have greatly influenced both its time and later generations, leaving a lasting legacy. Yin Huiyi, in the preface Essence of Lü's Words, describes it as "probing human emotions and natural laws, discerning between internal and external, public and private matters with deep pain and sincerity. It makes one suddenly realize and awaken, like a sharp needle that pierces the bone or a bitter medicine that cures the illness." Zhong Hanguang, in Whisperings from Jing Garden, further praises: "Lü Xinwu's The Lamenting Words is a book that one must read often." In recent years, the publication of various editions and adaptations of The Lamenting Words further demonstrates that this book has become an indispensable treasure in the treasury of traditional Chinese culture.